Houston-based BPZEnergy says it has started a reinterpretation of all Albacora well and seismic data after finding no oil in its latest well on the offshore Peru field. The firm is currently operating under provisions of Chapter 11 of…
CGG's GeoConsulting business has acquired Calgary-based Taurus Reservoir Solutions. Taurus offers reservoir and geomechanical simulation and engineering technology along with consulting services to the global petroleum industry, from…
The National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator approved MEO Australia and the WA-454-P joint venture’s application to extend the work permit program by six months off Western Australia. The December 2015 extension is to provide…
London-listed Atlantic margin explorer Chariot Oil & Gas Atlantic is seeking a new partner of its Rabat Deep permit offshore Morocco after 25% equity holder Woodside elected not to take an option to take over operatorship and fund a well on the license…
Karoon Gas Australia confirmed a 213m gross oil column at its Echidna-1 well offshore Brazil. The Olinda Star. From Karoon. The exploration well is located in the Santos basin…
Spectrum began a 3500km multi-client 2D seismic survey offshore Namibia. The BGP Pioneer. From BGP. The survey is being conducted in the Orange basin to complete the 6000km survey over the Namibia and South Africa border…
Norway-based geoscience firm TGS signed a joint venture agreement with Dolphin Geophysical to acquire 4500sq km of 3D multi-client seismic survey over the western part of the Hammerfest basin in the Barents Sea. The survey will provide…
KrisEnergy awarded Singapore-based Synergy Engineering the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the Lengo gas development offshore East Java, Indonesia. Image of the Lengo platform. From KrisEnergy…
Houston-based BPZ Energy, that is currently under chapter 11 protection, is suspending its Corvina CX15-9D well offshore Peru after failing to produce oil. Map from BPZ. The well…
Norway-based seismic services firm TGS has signed a letter of award (LOA) with Polarcus DMCC to acquire 3000sq km of 3D seismic data offshore Norway with a potential extension of up to a total of 7000sq km. The activity is expected to…
OE’s Audrey Leon spoke with Dr. Bruno de Ribet, a geophysicist and technology global director at Paradigm, about the opening of Mexico’s oil and gas industry and what effects it will have on both the country’s seismic scene. Please explain…
Most of the Mexican side of the Gulf of Mexico remains unexplored. Dan McConnell explores the geotechnical knowns and unknowns in the basin. Acquiring geotechnical data for platform foundation design in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche…
Rystad Energy’s Senior Analyst Bielenis Villanueva Triana ranks Mexico’s exploration competitiveness as compared to other global prospective areas. Fig. 1: Mexico’s petroleum provinces which have proven hydrocarbon potential…
Apache Energy’s Phoenix area off Western Australia is estimated to contain 48-232 MMbbl of contingent and prospective recoverable oil, according to an independent technical advisor. Map from Carnarvon…
Gazprom Neft and Petrovietnam signed a series of agreements to extend their collaboration activity on the Pechora Sea shelf. Dolginskoye field. From Gazprom. The joint oil and gas exploration…
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